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Same Sex Same Kids, Face Blindness, Paid Sick Leave


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Today you’ll learn about how children raised by same sex couples are just as psychologically healthy as other kids, how face blindness might be way more common than we think, and how paid sick leave is now scientifically proven to benefit both businesses and employees.

Same Sex Same Kids  

  • “Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families - study.” By Nicola Davis. 2023
    • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/06/children-of-same-sex-couples-fare-at-least-as-well-as-in-other-families-study
  • “Children raised by same-sex parents do as well as their peers, study shows.” by Anne Davies. 2017.
    • https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/23/children-raised-by-same-sex-parents-do-as-well-as-their-peers-study-shows
  • “Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” By Yun Zhang, et al. 2023
    • https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/3/e010556
  • “Kids Raised By Same-Sex Parents Fare Same As - Or Better Than - Kids Of Straight Couples, Research Finds.” By Robert Hart. 2023.
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/03/06/kids-raised-by-same-sex-parents-fare-same-as-or-better-than-kids-of-straight-couples-research-finds/?sh=4fa01ad77738

Face Blindness 

  • “How Common Is Face Blindness?” by Dennis Nealon
    • https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-common-face-blindness
  • “What is the prevalence of developmental prosopagnosia? An empirical assessment of different diagnostic cutoffs” by Joseph DeGutis
    • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945223000138?via%3Dihub
  • “Prosopagnosia (face blindness)” by NHS
    • https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/face-blindness/#:~:text=There's%20no%20treatment%20for%20prosopagnosia,do%20to%20help%20recognise%20people.

Paid Sick Leave 

  • “NEW STUDY FINDS OFFERING PAID SICK LEAVE IS GOOD FOR U.S. BUSINESS” BY GISELE GALOUSTIAN
    • https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/paid-sick-leave-business-study
  • “Is paid sick leave bad for business? A systematic review” by Candice Vander Weerdt, Patricia Stoddard‐Dare, and LeaAnne DeRigne
    • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajim.23469
  • “What is presenteeism? The price of productivity loss” by Lauren Payne
    • https://www.enhesa.com/resources/article/what-is-presenteeism-the-price-of-productivity-loss/#:~:text=The%20cost%20of%20presenteeism%20for%20companies&text=An%20American%20Productivity%20Audit%20estimates,billion%20US%20dollars%20per%20year.
  • “Presenteeism: At Work—But Out of It” by Paul Hemp
    • https://hbr.org/2004/10/presenteeism-at-work-but-out-of-it

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